Posted on 01/30/2020 9:35:14 AM PST by Red Badger
Rest assured, it is never the female owl's fault.
I think Mr. seat belt extender lost weight after his major heart attack. That said, he smokes weed constantly now.
Well as long as they are in the park then that is OK. But when they are around my home then all I can say is here kitty kitty. They are very destructive bushy tailed rats with an attitude.
the americas best eyeglass commercials obviously pay well...
There’s a guy on Youtube who put up a couple of videos of his owl and cat playing.......Really cool
The Great Horned are always around. Their breeding season is on, locally. They need to get the babies fed before everything leaves out and makes hunting a little more difficult. They get more vocal, as well. They wiped out my free-range Silver Pheasants a number of years back.
A zoo keeper told me that zoos will carefully maintain birds of prey’s weight at a level that renders them unable to fly. And, that it’s not unusual for birds to do this to themselves in the wild.
I knew a guy whose mom fed the squirrels macadamia nuts. He said it was pretty pathetic watching their fat asses try to climb the deck railing.
The feather pattern and mottled color of this owl are similar to a Hawks’ feathers. They are both birds of prey, but I don’t believe they are directly related.
He’s been spending too much time gorging at Hooters.
Don’t we all.....................
When my kids were young, our great dane, miniature poodle and beagle were sniffing at the ground. Upon investigating, it was a newborn squirrel that had fallen out of a pine tree. I placed in in an aquarium with some pine straw and fed it a baby formula with an eyedropper. It thrived and would hang on to my bathrobe around the house;)
When he was old enough, we released him to his true family (up the pine tree), but he often hung around the windows watching us.
We called him ‘Mikey’. Your photo brought back memories.
“Owl read it later....................”
Owl believe it when I see it.i
Hah! Nice!
Nature’s Pest Control...
There’s something majestic about them, like Eagles and Hawks.
You see one and it’s just instant “whoa... too cool...”
“...The whole episode took no more than 10 seconds, ...”
And THAT, my friend, is the Owl version of “Fast Food / Take Out”...
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